Jeanie Buss is reacting to the defacing of multiple LeBron James murals in the Los Angeles area.
On Sunday, the Lakers president issued a sharp rebuke after a second mural of James was vandalized earlier this week. She said that those committing the acts were not Laker fans and hinted that they were fans of the archrival Boston Celtics instead, per Mark Willard of FOX Sports.
. @JeanieBuss on those defacing LeBron murals in LA:
"If you're doing that, than you're not a Laker fan. I didn't realize how many people from Boston are living in LA!"— Mark Willard (@Mark_T_Willard) July 22, 2018
This weekend’s incident saw a mural of James (this one featuring him looking up at some of the greatest Lakers ever) defaced with a streak of white paint.
Another LA-Bron mural, another vandal (via @Diehardheatfan1) pic.twitter.com/n244DxYSOv
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 21, 2018
To their credit though, a number of Laker fans showed up to personally aid the artist in restoring the mural following its vandalization.
After the second LeBron mural was vandalized, Lakers fans came to help the artist Gustavo Zermeno fix it. (via @NotoriousOHM) pic.twitter.com/pKz2WKZRnV
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 22, 2018
Regardless however, this comes after a previous mural of James in Venice was defaced twice in the span of a few days earlier this month, leading to it being painted over for good. The artist of that mural had his own theory as to who might have done it, but Buss’ Celtics fan proposition sounds pretty solid too.
